Ultimate Guitar Book - Hardcover

Bacon, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0863186408 ISBN 13: 9780863186400

Publisher: DK, 1991

Synopsis

This is a guide to the history and development of the modern guitar. It includes a visual catalogue of the world's classic guitars that should appeal to both beginners looking for advice, and enthusiasts who require a reference work.

About this title

Review:

The guitar is the most popular and versatile of all musical instruments, lending its humble presence to musical forms and genres from rock, country and bluegrass to classical, jazz and blues. In The Ultimate Guitar Book, the guitars on display show an almost infinite range of variations and refinements on one basic theme "a box with a neck", as the editors put it in the introduction to the acoustic guitar. From a 17th-century Stradivarius to the latest guitar-synthesizer hybrid, it's all here: instruments famous and rare, antique and novel, including guitars owned or used by notable musical figures from Les Paul to Paul McCartney. The text includes helpful notes on the instruments' construction, as well as information about legendary designers like Martin, Gibson and Fender. Whether you are a guitarist, collector or simply an admirer of exquisite musical craftsmanship, this lovely book is a testament to human ingenuity in search of the perfect sound.

About the Author:

TONY BACON is co-founder of Jawbone Press, an independent publisher of books on music located in London, and Backbeat UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: DK
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0863186408
• ISBN 13: 9780863186400
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192